Driven 2 teach :
Teaching the teachers
After a 3-year hiatus , Driven 2 Teach hosted its first trips since the COVID-19 pandemic .
Driven 2 Teach was founded in 2007 with the hope that Larry H . Miller could foster better teaching and learning of American History – one of his many passions – in Utah public schools .
The Driven 2 Teach program takes Utah educators who teach grades 5-12 and specialize in American History or historical literature to the places where history happened . Educators can see the battlefields of the Civil War , places where the Founding Fathers worked and take those experiences back to their classroom .
“ We are so excited about the relaunch of Driven 2 Teach ,” said Tiffany Sandy , director of Driven to Teach . “ These trips are coming at a time when many hard things are happening in our country and around the world . This experience creates a much-needed sense of unity on the importance of our country ’ s history .”
During the summer of 2023 , 71 Utah teachers were invited on three different trips with focuses on the Civil War , the Founding Fathers and the American Revolution . The group was made up of 34 elementary school teachers and 26 secondary teachers teaching and impacting over 5,000 local students total .
Miller family helps realize 20-year project
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the completion of the Joseph Smith Papers , thanks to the tireless support of Larry H . and Gail Miller .
The Miller family provided an initial $ 10 million investment to the project and provided financial support until its completion more than 20 years later . Even in the midst of uncertain economic times , the Miller family remained committed to the project .
The Joseph Smith Papers Project was an effort to gather all existing and accurate documents written by and about Joseph Smith , founder and first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , with accurate transcripts of those documents with contextual annotations .
The documents included in the 27-volume publication are available in both printed and online formats .
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